haspen
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Hat Kat
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Post by haspen on Jun 22, 2020 7:03:42 GMT
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Post by stclair on Jun 22, 2020 7:13:24 GMT
this will end well.
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Post by wies on Jun 22, 2020 7:14:43 GMT
"Miss Kat", huh.
I think this is the first robot to call Kat by her own name. Perhaps because she was doubting.
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Post by arf on Jun 22, 2020 7:39:46 GMT
Solenoid, sol, whop, whop, whop
Solenoid, sol, whop, whop, whop
Solenoid, sol, whop, whop, whop
Don't let me hear you say Kat's
Taking you nowhere.
Angel!
Come get up my golem
Look at that ocean, life's begun
Nights are warm and the days are young
Come get up my golem
- With sincere hopes that the shade of David Bowie was safely guided to where the World keeps turning
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Post by speedwell on Jun 22, 2020 8:00:59 GMT
That's a super standard off-the-shelf type of solenoid valve, heh. Someone could theoretically have nipped down to the hardware shop for it. I'd have expected to see something a bit more, well, elegant.
About the subject of religious faith, I have nothing to say except that I find it precisely as absurd in general as we find this specific case to be.
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Post by MarineMonarch on Jun 22, 2020 11:26:07 GMT
That's an interesting amount of grey outside the lines colouring on this Robot. Very ether-y? Kinda reminds me of this visual when the other old robot talked about movement as a reason for existing. |
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Post by speedwell on Jun 22, 2020 11:44:28 GMT
Enough emphasis has not been placed on the fact that, unlike other divinities who exist as such because of the will of humans, Kat exists as a divinity because of the will of robots.
Not that I differentiate much between biological and artificial humans anyway.
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Post by saardvark on Jun 22, 2020 12:35:40 GMT
That's an interesting amount of grey outside the lines colouring on this Robot. Very ether-y? Kinda reminds me of this visual when the other old robot talked about movement as a reason for existing. a light mist of belief is swirling around her.... |
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Post by saardvark on Jun 22, 2020 12:37:25 GMT
"Miss Kat", huh. I think this is the first robot to call Kat by her own name. Perhaps because she was doubting. she's one of the first golem-bots, recently awoken. Perhaps they haven't had enough time to fully absorb the Robo-Angel mythos from the modern bots yet... |
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Post by saardvark on Jun 22, 2020 12:40:19 GMT
Enough emphasis has not been placed on the fact that, unlike other divinities who exist as such because of the will of humans, Kat exists as a divinity because of the will of robots. Not that I differentiate much between biological and artificial humans anyway. It would suggest that the robots are on their way to becoming en-souled... and so will be needing their own pomp soon. (Pretty sure this has been suggested before! Apologies for not remembering who first raised the idea....) |
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Post by ctso74 on Jun 22, 2020 13:14:40 GMT
Oh dear. So begins the first denominations, based on different valve designs. The Ball and Gate Wars will be costly.
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Post by netherdan on Jun 22, 2020 15:30:04 GMT
Ah yes, confirmation bias. That's the thing she needed for her religious awakening
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Post by phantaskippy on Jun 22, 2020 15:48:30 GMT
I love the interplay of faith in this comic.
I mean, think about it, should the Robots continue to view Kat as their Angel, follow her, support her and have faith she is doing what is right for them?
Or should they reject that and try to determine their own future without her?
She can do things they can't, and so far, she has done right by them more than the rest of the world.
Is their faith in her their best way to thrive?
What would it look like if they rejected her as a higher being and treated her like every other human, denying her access to the places and power they have given her access to because of their faith in her?
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Post by speedwell on Jun 22, 2020 16:02:23 GMT
I love the interplay of faith in this comic. I mean, think about it, should the Robots continue to view Kat as their Angel, follow her, support her and have faith she is doing what is right for them? Or should they reject that and try to determine their own future without her? She can do things they can't, and so far, she has done right by them more than the rest of the world. Is their faith in her their best way to thrive? What would it look like if they rejected her as a higher being and treated her like every other human, denying her access to the places and power they have given her access to because of their faith in her? Note that they don't have to have faith. They have evidence, and a Divine Being who objectively exists. |
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Post by Eversist on Jun 22, 2020 16:19:54 GMT
"Miss Kat", huh. I think this is the first robot to call Kat by her own name. Perhaps because she was doubting. I don't know how far Robot's proselytizations have spread by this point in the story, but we got one non-"Angel" here ("Miz Donlan"). |
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Post by phantaskippy on Jun 22, 2020 17:34:57 GMT
I love the interplay of faith in this comic. I mean, think about it, should the Robots continue to view Kat as their Angel, follow her, support her and have faith she is doing what is right for them? Or should they reject that and try to determine their own future without her? She can do things they can't, and so far, she has done right by them more than the rest of the world. Is their faith in her their best way to thrive? What would it look like if they rejected her as a higher being and treated her like every other human, denying her access to the places and power they have given her access to because of their faith in her? Note that they don't have to have faith. They have evidence, and a Divine Being who objectively exists. What makes Kat divine? What makes her any different than her mother, who can do things that Kat couldn't understand when Kat was already considered the Angel. Separate faith from religion, religion is a mess, but Tom consistently talks about faith and belief and the power it has not just over the believer, but the person that they believe in. Kat is the Angel because the Robots believed in her, gave her the chance to learn and grow in her abilities, and she strives to live up to that. Coyote has his own story involving faith and power. All the characters in this comic are made stronger by the faith others have in them. It's something to think about, how we have, or don't have faith in each other, and how that affects not only us, but the people we believe in. |
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Post by netherdan on Jun 22, 2020 18:11:18 GMT
What would it look like if they rejected her as a higher being and treated her like every other human, denying her access to the places and power they have given her access to because of their faith in her? It's not like they can prevent her from doing as she pleases, and her bypassing their barriers and rules would be for them what some all powerful old guy in the sky is to humans. So even if they intend to treat her like a regular human, they'd still subconsciously worship/fear her |
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Post by blahzor on Jun 22, 2020 18:41:05 GMT
Note that they don't have to have faith. They have evidence, and a Divine Being who objectively exists. What makes Kat divine? What makes her any different than her mother, who can do things that Kat couldn't understand when Kat was already considered the Angel. Separate faith from religion, religion is a mess, but Tom consistently talks about faith and belief and the power it has not just over the believer, but the person that they believe in. Kat is the Angel because the Robots believed in her, gave her the chance to learn and grow in her abilities, and she strives to live up to that. Coyote has his own story involving faith and power. All the characters in this comic are made stronger by the faith others have in them. It's something to think about, how we have, or don't have faith in each other, and how that affects not only us, but the people we believe in. Anja has a shallow understanding of the other for her computer. Kat sees straight through ether creations, see the arrow lock, rotd, etc. There's 3 levels of view of the ether shown so far. The normal one, seeing Smithy's power strings, Kat's vision |
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Post by Sky Schemer on Jun 22, 2020 20:42:20 GMT
Wait until she finds out that solenoid valve sticks.
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Post by ditchboyus on Jun 22, 2020 20:45:46 GMT
"Miss Kat", huh. I think this is the first robot to call Kat by her own name. Perhaps because she was doubting. Robot calls her "Ms. Kat." Makes sense that the old-time robots would use "Miss" instead. |
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Post by Runningflame on Jun 22, 2020 23:47:27 GMT
I called it! Well, no, I didn't, actually. But I was thinking yesterday about that solenoid valve, and how Kat ran off without doing anything about it, and how the golem lady was left hanging. I just didn't post my thoughts. So I'll be over here enjoying my imaginary cookies. Also: if golem lady had thought to ask Robot, he could've told her that it's not a test, just Kat being a butt. |
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Post by noone3 on Jun 23, 2020 18:25:35 GMT
Wait until she finds out that solenoid valve sticks. Kat works in mysterius ways, brother. |
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Post by machiavelli33 on Jun 24, 2020 0:08:27 GMT
"You could make a religion out of this."
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Post by pyradonis on Jun 24, 2020 12:14:13 GMT
I called it! Well, no, I didn't, actually. But I was thinking yesterday about that solenoid valve, and how Kat ran off without doing anything about it, and how the golem lady was left hanging. I just didn't post my thoughts. So I'll be over here enjoying my imaginary cookies. Time travel is the solution, my friend. |
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Post by Runningflame on Jun 24, 2020 13:17:37 GMT
I called it! Well, no, I didn't, actually. But I was thinking yesterday about that solenoid valve, and how Kat ran off without doing anything about it, and how the golem lady was left hanging. I just didn't post my thoughts. So I'll be over here enjoying my imaginary cookies. Time travel is the solution, my friend. Haha! But you see, my friend, that would be cheating. If I used time travel to post predictions here, I could just read each page before making predictions about it. I might as well break into the cookie factory and steal them all. Not sporting! |
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Post by quinnr on Jun 24, 2020 13:26:36 GMT
I don't know why but I think this page made me laugh the most out of the many bonus pages. It's also amazing how much emotion she shows in 6 panels all without changing facial expressions!
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Post by saardvark on Jun 24, 2020 14:27:14 GMT
I called it! Well, no, I didn't, actually. But I was thinking yesterday about that solenoid valve, and how Kat ran off without doing anything about it, and how the golem lady was left hanging. I just didn't post my thoughts. So I'll be over here enjoying my imaginary cookies. you receive (-1)^(1/2) * cookie |
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Post by migrantworker on Jun 24, 2020 16:15:16 GMT
So. A test or not, in the end... it was worth it.
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Post by pyradonis on Jun 25, 2020 13:36:25 GMT
Time travel is the solution, my friend. Haha! But you see, my friend, that would be cheating. If I used time travel to post predictions here, I could just read each page before making predictions about it. I might as well break into the cookie factory and steal them all. Not sporting! But fun nonetheless! It's like in "Darkwing Duck and the Untimely Terror of the Time Turtle!": "You can't prevent me from stealing it, because I am already stealing it right now!"
Not sporting, in my opinion, would be to go back in time, invest a tiny amount of money which becomes a big amount of money, and then buy the cookie factory right after it has been constructed, to get all the cookies it ever produces.
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Post by Runningflame on Jun 26, 2020 4:32:35 GMT
I called it! Well, no, I didn't, actually. But I was thinking yesterday about that solenoid valve, and how Kat ran off without doing anything about it, and how the golem lady was left hanging. I just didn't post my thoughts. So I'll be over here enjoying my imaginary cookies. you receive (-1)^(1/2) * cookie I guess that's what happens when you rotate the timeline by 90 degrees |
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